Theophilus Kuchler

Theophilus Kuchler was a citizen of the Federal State of Austria at the time of the Anschluss in 1938. Kuchler was a supporter of the nationalist Fatherland Front due to his opposition to German nationalism, and Kuchler was one of the attendees of the 1938 Salzburg Festival who joined Captain Georg von Trapp and his family in song while singing the folk song "Edelweiss" in defiance against the Nazi Party.